Jessie Workman is an agency attorney in the Law Enforcement Bureau of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Prior to joining the Commission, Jessie was a staff attorney and Pride Law fellow at Youth Represent, an organization providing defense, reentry and advocacy services to criminal legal system involved young people aged 24 and under. As a Pride Law fellow Jessie created and led the Pathways Project, an initiative addressing the criminalization and discriminatory targeting of LGBTGNC youth of color, primarily focusing on Trans and gender nonconforming young people at Rikers Island and in City shelters. Jessie is a graduate of CUNY School of Law. While at CUNY, Jessie represented clients in the criminal defense clinic and was a recipient of the Kyle D. Jewell fellowship. Before attending law school, Jessie spent several years in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM, teaching writing to incarcerated youth and managing a youth shelter reentry program. Jessie holds a B.A. from Antioch College.